Music-roll.



W. E. GASTELOW.

MUSIC ROLL.

APPLIUATlON FILED NOV.26,1912.

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WILBUR E. CASTELOW, 0F MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

MUSIC-ROLL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 26. 1912.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914. Serial No. 733,598.-

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, /VILBUR E. CASTELOW, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Music-Roll, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sheets of perforated paper employed for regulating the flow of air in piano players, and an object of my invention, among others, is to provide a device of this class that shall be extremely durable, my improved device being especially applicable for the repair of such sheets when they have been torn at the end bearing the attac ing ring, a common construction being such as to frequently cause such tear of the sheets.

One form of device embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects above set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated'in the accompanying drawings, in which---v Figure 1 is a view of the end of a music roll sheet showing my improved device applied-thereto. Fig. 2 is a like view of the opposite side of the sheet. Fig. 3 is a view sh'owin a modified form of the invention. Fig. t is a detail view of the blank constituting my protector.

y improved device is especially applicable for the purpose of repairing sheets of music after they have been torn, which frequently occurs owing to the construction of the sheets,

invention is not necessarily limited to the repair of such'sheets, as it maybe applied when the sheets are opiginally constructed.

In aform of construction common at the present time each sheet is provided with an attaching ring 5 that is affixed to the device for moving the sheet to effect the playing operation. In securing this ring in place a fastening piece 6 is employed, that is wrapped about the" pointed end of the sheet and that is lapped over the ring to secure it in place. In this form of construction'a protector 7 is employed to prevent the ring from striking and marring the piano as the ring is disengaged in rewinding the sheet on its original roll.

The sheet 8 is commonly constructed of paper and the attachment of the fastening piece 6 is such as to localize strains at points 9 at the edge of the sheet, this section of the sheet being one at which extreme strains occur in the ordinary use of the sheet, and these extreme strains, owing to the construction, are localized at the points 9, as stated, with at result that after a very brief use the sheet starts to tear at the points 9 and when this rupture has once started the tearing ofl' oiiithe entire end is sho-rt"-t me.

My improved device as illustrated and de scribed herein effectually ovei-g'eo-mes the tie fccts due to universal constrn ction of these music roll sheets, and when the tearing process begins it may be quickly and easily repaired and the life of the sheet indefinitely prolonged,- my improved device being so constructedand applied as to avoid the localiz.- ing of injurious strains.

In constructing my protector a piece of material, of suitable strength, is cut to the form shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing and is applied to the tapered end of the sheet by folding along the part denoted by dotted lines 10-11 th that are wrapped about the tapered edges of the sheet and lie on opposite sides thereof from the back or main portion 14:of the shield. An extension is formed from the fold or flap 12 providing a supporting piece 15 securing the laps or folds 12-13 firmly together and also acting as a reinforcement for that end of the sheet to which effective strains are applied.

but it will be understood that the The protector may be supplied with an adhesive material along the laps or folds 12 and 13, the free end of the supporting piece 15 may be applied with an adhesive, as shown at 20, and such portions of the back 1 1 and other parts as may be desired may be treated'with an adhesive to secure the protector in place. It will thus be seen that when a sheetv becomes torn my improved protector may thereto and constitute an efi'ective reinforcej ment that will indefinitely, whether the point covered by the fastening piece 6 be entirely removed or partially tornofl. .Should this part become entirely removed and lost my protector may be efl'ectually applied to supply the missing 'parts, this method of application being shown-in Fig. 3 in which the protector is constructed ,as above described and a loop 16 is provided, having legs 17 located between the folded parts of the protectorgapd a matter of a very prolong the life of the sheet.

be readily attached near opposite edges and with narrow fold members beyond said fold lines, and a sup.-

' porting projection from one of said fold members positioned, when said members are folded, to overlap the op osite member.

' 2. A music sheet having tapered edges, and a protector for said sheet, said protector consisting of aback having tapered fold lines and narrow flaps or folds to overlap the tapered edges of said sheet, said folds being of a length to extend beyond the point of substantial strain at the end of the sheet, a draft ring located at the apex of the tapered part of the protector, and means for securing the protector to the music sheet.

3. A protector for a music roll sheet, said protector including a back having tapered 7 fold lines at opposite edges with the narrow flaps or folds adapted to overlap said back, and a supporting piece extending from no of said narrow folds and having meansllfor permanently securing it to the other narrow fold.

4. A music roll sheet having a protector secured by an adhesive to one side thereof,

said protector consisting of aback with firmly secured by an adhesive to the o posite side of the sheet, the'end of said aps being located beyond a point'on the tapered edge of the sheet that will-receive substantial strain, and a supporting piece extending from one of said folded edges and firmly secured to the opposite fold. WILBUR E. CASTELOW.

lVitnesses: ARTHUR B. J nNKrNs, E. T. EATON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents,

Washington, D. 0.

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